8 Courses and Certifications

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Karolinska Institute, Solna via Edx
Certificate

The Ethics of Biomedicine

Unlike other bioethics courses, The Ethics of Biomedicine online course is directed primarily towards students who have scientific biomedical training as their primary focus. Such students are most likely to end up in research and development, or at a biomedical laboratory. However, they also face ethical questions and dilemmas in their professional lives.

The Ethics of Biomedicine certification course targets those studying biomedicine, and not just disciplines that lead to a particular profession (like nurses, physicians, etc.). The reason behind that is that those engaged in the latter often have ethical codes that are specific to their specific line of work. Moreover, much of their training regarding ethics has to do with ethical problems that may arise in the course of their relationship with the patient as a healthcare professional.

Developed by the Karolinska Institutet, The Ethics of Biomedicine training is five weeks long, and learners need to engage only three to six hours a week. It is a self-paced programme consisting of video lectures with transcripts in English.

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5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of biomedical sciences

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Karolinska Institute, Solna via Edx
Certificate

CARE: Introduction to Caregiving for Older Adults

If you are a practising caregiver or looking to become one, you would do well to learn more about caring for older adults, supporting them, and providing for their needs. With the CARE: Introduction to Caregiving for Older Adults programme, you can learn how to deliver personalised care, and help senior citizens age well and with dignity.

The CARE: Introduction to Caregiving for Older Adults certification course is crafted and delivered by the Karolinska Institutet. The main objective behind these courses is to offer caregivers the knowledge and skills they need to successfully carry out their role as a caregiver to an older adult. It is a self-paced, introductory, and interactive course designed to complement the other programmes they offer.

The CARE: Introduction to Caregiving for Older Adults training is five weeks long, and consists of video lectures with English transcripts. To complete the course comfortably within five weeks, you should ideally spend one-three hours in a week studying the contents of the programme. Moreover, there’s also a chance for you to earn a certificate at the end of the course. All you have to do is pay the nominal fee after completing all the modules.

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5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Nursing skills

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Karolinska Institute, Solna via Edx
Certificate

CARE: Age related diseases and disorders

CARE: Age related diseases and disorders online course is an introductory course in health and safety that explores the condition of comorbidities. It is a state where an older adult has more than one medical condition. It introduces age-related conditions, disorders, and diseases in various parts of an elderly individual's body.

In CARE: Age related diseases and disorders, candidates will learn about different physical and mental health disorders and the associated care that can be provided. This five-week course is divided into four sections. Each section talks about a specific group of ailments such as respiratory disorders, cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, and urological diseases.

CARE: Age related diseases and disorders programme is developed by CARE, a partnership between government agencies, companies, and academic institutions. It is supported by EIT Health, an organisation that promotes active ageing, healthy living, and improvements in healthcare. It follows a self-paced method of learning and requires a study time of one to two hours per week.

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5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of healthcare sciences

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Karolinska Institute, Solna via Edx
Certificate

CARE: Promotion of Healthy Ageing

CARE: Promotion of Healthy Ageing online course explores the key lifestyle-related factors that affect one's well being in old age. These influential and modifiable factors include diet, physical activity, sleep, and stress levels. It closely inspects different behavioural aspects of one's lifestyle and introduces various healthy habits that can be incorporated in taking care of ourselves.

CARE: Promotion of Healthy Ageing by edX is designed to promote healthy ageing strategies. The curriculum, however, factors in the caring and support an older adult might need in everyday life while reducing the risk of debilitating and chronic diseases. Candidates will learn about approaches to prevent diseases and disorders in old age as well as the socioeconomic aspects of ageing.

CARE: Promotion of Healthy Ageing is five weeks long short-term introductory course in health and safety. Karolinska Institutet delivers the training. It is part of ‘Multimodal strategies to promote a healthy brain in aging: Innovative evidence-based tools (MULTI-MODE)’ project in association with ‘Caregiving and Ageing Reimagined for Europe (CARE Campus)’.

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5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of healthcare sciences

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Karolinska Institute, Solna via Edx
Certificate

CARE: Supporting Older Adult Personal Care & Independence - Part 1 of 2

An introductory course in Health and safety, CARE: Supporting Older Adult Personal Care & Independence - Part 1 of 2 online courses describes the basics of what makes a great caregiver. It explores the understanding of an efficient caregiver’s mindset. The training simultaneously imparts knowledge on adapting it to practice regular safety routines necessary for providing superior care quality. 

CARE: Supporting Older Adult Personal Care & Independence - Part 1 of 2 by edX is a five-week course. Here participants will be introduced to the practices, roles, and cultural aspects of caregiving to older adults. They will also learn the standard techniques in safety concerning sensitive and intimate practices such as bathing or using the toilet facilities. 

Taught by Karolinska Institutet and Home Instead Senior Care (USA)’s faculty, the CARE: Supporting Older Adult Personal Care & Independence - Part 1 of 2 certification syllabus requires a weekly study time of one to three hours and employs a self-paced type of learning. This program is designed in collaboration with CARE and is supported by EIT Health.

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5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of healthcare sciences

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Karolinska Institute, Solna via Edx
Certificate

CARE: Supporting Older Adult Personal Care & Independence - Part 2 of 2

CARE: Supporting Older Adult Personal Care & Independence - Part 2 of 2 online courses is an introductory training and focuses on assisting older adults in everyday activities. Candidates learn to aid them in mobility, grooming, and support around their homes. this health and Safety course helps supplement and improve routine caregiving practices.  

CARE: Supporting Older Adult Personal Care & Independence - Part 2 of 2 by edX is a four-part, self-paced, five-week program where participants will learn about assisting the geriatric with their daily tasks. It places particular importance on assisting elderly individuals with cognitive impairments and the associated help they regularly require from caregivers.

edX has collaborated with the CARE Campus project to build the CARE: Supporting Older Adult Personal Care & Independence - Part 2 of 2 certification syllabus. It is supported by EIT Health and has instructors from Home Instead Senior Care, USA, and Karolinska Institutet. This is a free course that also offers certification to participants, should they opt to buy it.

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5 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of healthcare sciences

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Karolinska Institute, Solna via Edx
Certificate

Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trials in Health Care

Traditionally, randomized trials were used to determine whether a treatment, under ideal conditions, works for people afflicted with that particular disease (and no other diseases), if they are under the care of the best doctors, and adhere to the treatment as instructed. But most people have several underlying conditions, are treated by ordinary doctors under non-ideal conditions, and do follow the treatment as recommended.

And because of this mismatch, most trials overestimated the effectiveness of new interventions. The Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trials in Health Care programme studies this mismatch, and its consequences, in extensive detail. First, the course highlights the consequences that follow, if a trial is designed wrong (example: VIGOR Trial). You will then learn about the best practices for designing pragmatic randomized trials. 

These practices should answer the questions that real patients and decision-makers might ask. You will also learn about the economics behind designing and conducting randomized controlled trials. The Karolinska Institutet in Sweden developed the four-week, intermediate-level Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trials in Health Care certification course.

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4 Weeks
Intermediate
Free
Skills Covered:
Research skills

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Karolinska Institute, Solna via Edx
Certificate

Introduction to Urology

Introduction to Urology online course offers learners a critical understanding of the genitourinary system and its most common symptoms. Urology is a branch of clinical science of diseases in the genitourinary system. In terms of anatomy, this includes the upper urinary tract such as the kidneys and ureters, and the lower urinary tract such as the urinary bladder and the male and female genitals.

This course is more than just an introduction to a surgical specialty, as urology comprises several regular and new pharmacotherapeutic and non-surgical alternatives. Introduction to Urology certification syllabus aims to impart knowledge and instill confidence in individuals towards the urological field’s essential clinical reasoning. The training in medicine has no prerequisites.

The Introduction to Urology programme is a four-week curriculum that requires five to eight hours of studying every week. From the Karolinska Institutet faculty, the course educators use video lectures and clinically relevant case studies to make the self-paced studying more comfortable for candidates. Before enrolment, candidates can watch a short introduction video to learn about the curriculum.

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4 Weeks
Beginner
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of anatomy

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